Egerton
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Egerton is a small village situated three miles north of Bolton.The village takes its name from the former landlord of the area, Sir Thomas Egerton, Baronet. It was developed in the 1830s when John and Edmund Ashworth set up their cotton mills. Philip Ashworth the son of Edmund and Charlotte Ashworth, of Egerton Hall, Bolton, died 17th January 1871, aged 26 years. Buried in the English Cemetery in Malaga, Spain Today the village is mainly a commuter suburb for the towns of Bolton and Blackburn and the city of Manchester.
Egerton is also:
- Egerton (Kent): a small village near Canterbury.
- Egerton, Cheshire
- the name of an unknown Gospel, known as Papyrus Egerton 2. It is named after the English founder of the manuscript collection.
- the first publisher of several of Jane Austen's novels.
External link
- Papyrus Egerton 2 Homepage (http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/Egerton/Egerton_home.html) Detailed description of this old papyrus with the text of an unknown Gospel (with images).